This past Sunday I had the distinct pleasure of hosting author Simon Winchester for the LitFest finale event in Edmonton. What a fascinating, well-travelled and thoughtful fellow! I’d like to think we hit it off and I certainly had a ball being on stage with him. In fact, we even ended up matching outfits inadvertently!Continue reading “Hosting Simon Winchester”
Category Archives: Writing & Publishing
Canadian Women in the Sky
There’s a new book about women in aviation in this country and it comes to you from Elizabeth (Liz) Muir. I was happy to write the foreword to Canadian Women in the Sky: 100 Years of Flight, her exploration and celebration of some of the fantastic women involved in flight in Canada. It is anContinue reading “Canadian Women in the Sky”
Who We Are: YEG’s Chinese Community
This Wednesday at 4:40pm on CBC Radio Active, I chat with Lan Chan-Marples about the Chinese community past and present in Edmonton. I’ll be sure to post the link to the SoundCloud home of the interview as soon as it’s ready. In the meantime, here are a few links: Chinatown & Little Italy BusinessContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Chinese Community”
In This Together set to be published by Brindle & Glass in 2016
Brindle & Glass Publishing will publish In This Together: Fifteen True Stories of Real Reconciliation, a collection of reflective magazine-style essays edited by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail. Metcalfe-Chenail commissioned non-fiction pieces written by Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals from across Canada. The contributors are journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, a city planner, and a lawyer; they carefully consider their own experiencesContinue reading “In This Together set to be published by Brindle & Glass in 2016”
Who We Are: YEG’s Latin American Community
I was lucky to steal a few moments with Ana Laura Pachulo at her home this weekend to discuss the Latin American community in Edmonton. You can hear my column – and parts of my chat with her – this Wednesday at 4:40pm on CBC Radio Active. The column will be uploaded to SoundCloud shortlyContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Latin American Community”
Camsell Hospital: Summer Updates
I appreciate how much support and interest there has been in Edmonton and across the province around this research. In the wake of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Executive Summary, I think many of us are looking in our own backyards for opportunities to bring reconciliation home. #MyReconciliationIncludes what Justice Murray SinclairContinue reading “Camsell Hospital: Summer Updates”
Who We Are: YEG’s Pan-African Community
For this week’s CBC Radio Active column, I headed to the University of Alberta to interview Peter Midgley. Peter is the Senior Editor at the University of Alberta Press and the author of a recent memoir, Counting Teeth: A Namibian Story and the upcoming book of poetry based on this material. He has also written orContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Pan-African Community”
Who We Are: YEG’s German Community
This week on my CBC Radio Active column, I talk with Arnim Joop about the history of the German community in Edmonton – and what it’s like today. We had a great chat at the new Mill Woods Edmonton Public Library location, where there was a lineup out the door at opening time! Luckily weContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s German Community”
Who We Are: YEG’s Somali Community
This week I got to chat with Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, a poet and spoken word artist in Edmonton about the Somali community here in town. If you’d like to hear our conversation, check out CBC Radio Active at 4:40pm tomorrow (Wednesday) or the program’s SoundCloud channel! Here are a few neat links I came acrossContinue reading “Who We Are: YEG’s Somali Community”
Who We Are in YEG: LGBTQ Community Past and Present
Last week I got to sit down with Michael Phair to dig into the history of the LGBTQ community here in Edmonton. A couple of years back I got to hear him speak about this on an Edmonton Heritage Council YEG Curiousities Bus Tour and knew he had some of the hidden stories in town.Continue reading “Who We Are in YEG: LGBTQ Community Past and Present”